(ENA)Ministry of Innovation and Technology disclosed that more than 2 million citizens have been benefiting from the 170 different digital services developed with a view to expediting public services being rendered in Ethiopia. Information Communication Technology Sector Director-General at the ministry, Abiyot Sinamo told ENA that the national strategy designed to digitalize key public services […]
Day: September 23, 2021
UNICEF to Support Ethiopian Pharmaceuticals Supply Agency in Capacity Building
UNICEF’s Supply Division Director Etleva Kadilli disclosed that her organization will support the Ethiopian Pharmaceuticals Supply Agency (EPSA) in capacity building to help materialize its vision. The agency in its 10-year plan has envisioned construction of a mega warehouse that requires support of partners. After visiting EPSA ware house in the capital city today, Etleva […]
Distributing shelter kits and non-food items to support families
The recurrent floods, drought, intercommunal conflict and desert locusts in Somali region of Ethiopia have led to a large magnitude of displacement across the region. The 2015-2016 droughts led to the loss of livelihood sources of the internally displaced persons that currently reside in Hariso site. The site now fully depends on the host community […]
Ethiopia – Northern Ethiopia Humanitarian Update Situation Report, 23 Sept 2021
HIGHLIGHTS The remaining WFP fuel tanker in Mekelle, which other agencies had been relying on, was depleted. Sixty-two trucks of humanitarian supplies arrived in Tigray via Afar, the first convoy to arrive since 7 September. According to a recent survey, 89 per cent of surveyed internally displaced households in Tigray prefer to return to their […]
The United States Donates Nearly One Million Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 Vaccines to Ethiopia
The United States presented 453,600 doses of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 single-shot vaccine today to the people of Ethiopia and announced the donation of an additional 504,000 doses scheduled to arrive in Addis Ababa today. U.S. Ambassador Geeta Pasi presented the vaccines to State Minister of Health, Seharela Abdullahi, in a handover event at […]
House of Commons International Development Committee: Aid cuts for ‘priority’ African region “outrageous and hypocritical”
New official figures show that British aid to several conflict-hit East African countries is being slashed by a half or more despite the Foreign Office describing the region as having “clear national strategic interest” for the UK. The cuts affect countries including Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Somalia and South Sudan. As well as conflict, the countries […]